Introduction to Chinese materia medica / Jin Yang, Huang Huang, Li-jiang Zhu, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, China ; translated by Yun-hui Chen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yang, Jin, author.

Huang, Huang, 1954- author.

Zhu, Lijiang, author.

Contributor:

Chen, Yunhui, translator.

Series:

World Century compendium to TCM ; v. 3.

World Century Compendium to TCM ; volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Chinese.

Materia medica.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 565 pages).

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, NJ : World Century, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book aims to provide readers with adequate knowledge for clinical application of Chinese medicine, which is in line with the fundamental principle of "correspondence of Chinese medicinals and patterns." It contains a brief introduction to relative theories, divides these medicinals by actions into categories such as exterior-releasing, heat-clearing, purgative, dampness-dispelling, fluid retention-disinhibiting, interior-warming, qi-regulating, blood-invigorating, blood-stanching, food accumulation-relieving, phlegm, cough- and wheezing-arresting, mind-tranquilizing, liver-calming, orifice

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 First Week; I. General Information; Chinese materia medica and its science; How to learn science of Chinese materia medica; Classification of Chinese medicinals; Daily practice; II. Property Theory of Chinese Materia Medica; The four Qi and five flavors (四气五味, Si Qi Wu Wei); Daily practices; Ascending and descending, floating and sinking; Channel tropism; Daily practice; III. Influencing Factors of Chinese Medicinal Therapeutic Effects; Quality of Chinese medicinal; Production area and harvesting of Chinese materia medica; Processing of Chinese materia medica

Daily practiceUsage of Chinese materia medica; Storage of Chinese materia medica; IV. Combination and its Contraindication of Chinese Materia Medica; Combination of Chinese materia medica; Daily practice; Prevention of adverse reactions of Chinese materia medica; Dosage of Chinese materia medica; Dosage of Chinese materia medica; Daily practice; Chapter 2 Second Week; Medicinals that Release the Exterior; I. Acrid-Warm Medicinals that Release the Exterior; 麻黄Ma Huang herba ephedrae ephedra; Daily practices; 桂枝Gui Zhi ramulus cinnamomi cinnamon twig; 紫苏叶Zi Sū Yè folium perillae perilla leaf

牛蒡子 Niu Bang zi fructus arctii great burdock achene菊花 Ju Hua flos chrysanthemi chrysanthemum flower; 葛根 Ge Gen radix puerariae lobatae kudzuvine root; 柴胡 Chai Hu radix bupleuri bupleurum; Daily practices; Chapter 3 Third Week; Medicinals that Clear Heat; I. Medicinals that Clear Heat and Drain Fire; 石膏 Shi Gao gypsum fibrosum gypsum; Daily practices; 知母 Zhi Mu rhizoma anemarrhenae common anemarrhena rhizome; 栀子 Zhī Zi fructus gardeniae gardenia; Daily practices; 黄连 Huáng Lián rhizoma coptidis coptis rhizome; 黄芩 Huáng Qín radix scutellariae scutellaria root; Daily practices

黄柏 Huang Bai cortex phellodendri chinensis amur cork-tree barkDaily practices; 黄柏 Huang Bai cortex phellodendri chinensis amur cork-tree bark; 苦参 Ku Shen radix sophorae flavescentis light yellow sophora root; Daily practices; 龙胆草 Lóng Dan Cao radix et rhizoma gentianae chinese gentian; 夏枯草 Xia Ku Cao spica prunellae common self-heal fruit-spike; 玄参 Xuan Shen radix scrophulariae figwort root; Daily practices; II. Medicinals that Clear Heat and Resolve Toxins; 金银花 Jīn Yín Huā flos lonicerae japonic ae honeysuckle flower; [Addendum] 忍冬藤 Ren Dong Teng caulis lonicerae japonicae honeysuckle

连翘 Lián Qiào fructus forsythiae weeping forsythia capsule

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781938134173

1938134176

OCLC:

859526339